Those are the issues that matter. You can tell because our infantilized (and infantilizing) media aren't discussing them.
I was interested in reports from Haditha that residents have "moved on". Of course, according to Captain Kimber (not charged as a member of the Vast Haditha Marine Conspiracy), there was no moving on to do. Residents never thought a massacre had occured in the first place.
All I can do is speculate, naturally, but here's what I wonder...
Were residents of Haditha so pleased by the attention of NCIS agents, Marine officials, and payouts that they've forgiven and forgotten what happened in Nov. 05?
Or were the Waleeds and the other families so badly regarded by their fellow citizens that their deaths were not surprising and not a concern?
As we know, the police station in Haditha was attacked in ’04...
and the officers publicly executed. Was the Waleed family among those who pulled the triggers?
This gets back to the issue of fighting a counterinsurgency. If Marines killed the town's major benefactor, forgiveness would be slow in coming. But if Marines killed insurgent supporters who helped terrorize the city, then it's an entirely different matter.
None of the above has anything to do with the innocence or guilt of Haditha Marines. But it has everything to do with the political dimension of the prosecution within the United States and where it might be heading.